Michael Beach, who plays former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in “Patriots Day,” about the Boston Marathon Bombing, sat down with TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell discuss whether the film dramatizing the 2013 terrorist attack was made too soon.

“Because the world is being deluged by these terrorist acts all over, not just here in America but everywhere, I think a film like ‘Patriots Day’ helps us,” Beach said. “I really do. I know that most people I speak to when they come out of the film — there is a sense of hope, there is a sense of community and how important that is.”

“Patriots Day” is based on the true story but features a combination of real-life and fictional characters. In the aftermath of the attack, Boston cop Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again. The blasts killed three and injured 264 others, resulting in Patrick ordering the region’s transportation system to be shut down and asking Boston’s residents to stay inside.

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Weaving together the stories of Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon), Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese (J.K. Simmons) and nurse Carol Saunders (Michelle Monaghan), the film takes viewers inside the manhunt for the two terrorists.

Peter Berg, who has previously teamed with Wahlberg on “Lone Survivor” and “Deepwater Horizon,” directed the film, in addition to co-writing the screenplay with Matt Cook and Joshua Zetumer. Berg developed the story along with Cook, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson.

Wahlberg produced the film along with Scott Stuber, Hutch Parker, Dylan Clark, Stephen Levinson, Dorothy Aufiero and Michael Radutzky. The film was co-financed by CBS Films and Lionsgate with the former handling production and marketing and the latter handling distribution.

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“Patriots Day” opens today in limited release, before hitting theaters nationwide on Jan. 13.

Also watch carjacking survivor Dun “Danny” Meng (played by Jimmy O. Wang) and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the brother of the Boston Marathon Bomber (played by Themo Melikidze) discuss the film in the video below:

Major Terrorist Attacks in 2016 (Photos)

Terrorist attacks in Brussels, Orlando, and Nice have made the biggest headlines around the globe, but there have been more than 100 more terrorist attacks this year. These are some of the deadliest ones that have happened so far. Be advised: This gallery contains violent imagery.
January 3 -- ISIS suicide bombers attack Camp Speicher, a former U.S. base now used by the Iraqi Air Force, killing 15.
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January 7 -- A car bomb at a Libyan police camp in the town of Zilten kills 60 people and wounds 200 more.
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January 11 -- Bombs in three cities in Iraq, including Baghdad, kill over 130 people.
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January 16 -- ISIS forces attack the Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor, killing Syrian army members as well as women and children. Death toll estimates range between 130 and 300 people.
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February 1 -- A suicide bomber detonates a vest outside Afghanistan's national police headquarters in Kabul, killing 20 and injuring 29.
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February 8 -- ISIS executes approximately 300 activists, police, and military personnel in Mosul, Iraq.
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February 21 -- ISIS detonates car bombs in two Syrian towns heavily populated with Shi'ite Muslims, killing between 140 and 270 people, and wounding over 300 more.
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February 17; March 13 -- 67 people are killed in two car bombings in Ankara, Turkey that occur within a month of each other.
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March 22 -- Three suicide bombers armed with nail bombs performed coordinated attacks in Brussels, Belgium. Thirty-two people are killed, with the nail bombs wounding 340 more.
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March 27 -- Seventy-two people, including 29 children, are killed in a suicide bombing at the largest public park in Lahore, Pakistan.
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June 12 -- A gunman opens fire on a nightclub popular with the LGBT community in Orlando, killing 49 and wounding 53 before being shot down by law enforcement officials. The attack is the deadliest in the United States since 9/11.
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June 28 -- A trio of suicide bombings at an airport in Istanbul kill 45 and injure 200 more. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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July 3 -- Several bombings in Baghdad kill over 300 and wound 225. The attacks are the deadliest in Iraq since 2007.
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July 7 -- A sniper kills five police officers who are escorting a protest against police brutality in Dallas. The shooting came in the same week that two African-American men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed during encounters with police officers.
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July 14: At least 77 people are killed in Nice, France, after a truck drives through a crowd on Bastille Day.
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Major attacks in 2016 have taken place in Brussels, Nice, Syria, and Orlando

Terrorist attacks in Brussels, Orlando, and Nice have made the biggest headlines around the globe, but there have been more than 100 more terrorist attacks this year. These are some of the deadliest ones that have happened so far. Be advised: This gallery contains violent imagery.

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